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Children's Bacterial Meningitis Score
CSF Gram stain positive (2 points)
CSF protein >80 mg/dL (1 point)
Peripheral blood absolute neutrophil count ≥10,000/mm³ (1 point)
Seizure at or before diagnosis (1 point)
CSF neutrophil count ≥1,000/mm³ (1 point)
Score:
References
Nigrovic LE, Kuppermann N, Malley R. Development and validation of a multivariate predictive model to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis in children in the post-haemophilus influenza era. Pediatrics. 2002; 110: 712-9.
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